America’s electric grid is in grave danger. After decades of relatively flat national electricity demand, a surge of tech data centers, artificial intelligence, and other Big Tech electricity demand ...

There is a rising chorus of concern across the energy industry that the electric grid is facing a surge in power use that our infrastructure won’t be able to handle. The historical stewards of our ...

A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. OPINION: A version ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Big Tech’s appetite for energy is just about visible from the east coast of Scotland.

From Colorado to Washington, from Ohio to Pennsylvania, coal-fired power plants are shutting down. The United States is on track to retire half of its capacity to generate electricity from coal by ...

From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. A group of utilities that once went big on building transmission is now going small to open ...

Given marching orders by the U.S. Energy Dept. to boost artificial intelligence sector growth, independent agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) now must absorb nearly 200 diverging power ...

The president is aiming for a carbon-free U.S. power grid by 2035. Hitting that goal depends on when and where big electricity lines are built. Thousands of miles of new power lines are needed to send ...

As 2023 ended, it was time to reflect. In the technological world, the staggering amount of big-data being produced by digital technologies made headlines. Globally, it was said the worldwide of new ...

Plus Power has started operating its Kapolei Energy Storage (KES) facility on Oahu, Hawaii, helping the state in its transition from fossil fuels to solar and wind. The KES project adds 135 MW/540 MWh ...